Heinrich Held

Heinrich Held (6 June 1868-4 August 1938) was Minister President of Bavaria from 1924 to 1933, succeeding Eugen von Knilling and preceding Ludwig Siebert.

Biography
Heinrich Held was born in Erbach, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia in 1868, and he worked as a journalist and as a speaker for conservative-Christian workers' movements. In 1907, he was elected to the Bavarian parliament as a member of the Center Party of Germany, and he belonged to the left-wing of his party, concerning himself with fiscal policy. In 1914, he became the leader of the party, and he co-founded the conservative and pro-states' rights Bavarian People's Party in 1918. In 1924, following the resignation of Eugen von Knilling, he became Minister President of Bavaria, and he served in this post until 1933. In 1933, his government was forcibly removed by the Nazi Party, and he went into exile in Switzerland. He later returned to Germany, and he died in Regensburg in 1938.